United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1876
← 1872 November 7, 1876 1880 →
Turnout21.83% Increase 6.41 pp[1]
 
Nominee Samuel J. Tilden Rutherford B. Hayes
Party Democratic Republican
Home state New York Ohio
Running mate Thomas A. Hendricks William A. Wheeler
Electoral vote 10 0
Popular vote 125,427 108,484
Percentage 53.62% 46.38%
County Results
President before election

Ulysses S. Grant
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Elected President

Rutherford B. Hayes
Republican

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The 1876 United States presidential election in North Carolina took place on November 7, 1876, as part of the 1876 United States presidential election. North Carolina voters chose 10 representatives, or electors, to the Electoral College, who voted for the president and vice president.[2]

North Carolina was won by Samuel J. Tilden, the former governor of New York (D–New York), running with Thomas A. Hendricks, the governor of Indiana and future vice president, with 53.62% of the popular vote, against Rutherford B. Hayes, the governor of Ohio (R-Ohio), running with Representative William A. Wheeler, with 46.38% of the vote.[2]

This is the only occasion when Unionist, high-altitude Mitchell County has ever voted for a Democratic Presidential candidate.[3]

Results

United States presidential election in North Carolina, 1876[2]
Party Candidate Running mate Popular vote Electoral vote
Count % Count %
Democratic Samuel J. Tilden of New York Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana 125,427 53.62% 10 100.00%
Republican Rutherford B. Hayes of Ohio William A. Wheeler of New York 108,484 46.38% 0 0.00%
Total 233,911 100.00% 10 100.00%

Results by county

County Samuel Jones Tilden
Democratic 		Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Republican 		Margin
% # % # % #
Swain 90.71% 410 9.29% 42 81.42% 368
Catawba 80.78% 1,874 19.22% 446 61.55% 1,428
Caldwell 80.66% 1,193 19.34% 286 61.33% 907
Cleveland 78.55% 1,769 21.45% 483 57.10% 1,286
Alleghany 77.84% 527 22.16% 150 55.69% 377
Macon 73.19% 770 26.81% 282 46.39% 488
Watauga 71.63% 712 28.37% 282 43.26% 430
Jackson 71.41% 652 28.59% 261 42.83% 391
Currituck 71.37% 992 28.63% 398 42.73% 594
Alexander 71.09% 846 28.91% 344 42.18% 502
Onslow 70.54% 1,317 29.46% 550 41.08% 767
Haywood 70.29% 1,010 29.71% 427 40.57% 583
Stanly 69.15% 957 30.85% 427 38.29% 530
Yancey 69.01% 746 30.99% 335 38.02% 411
Union 68.25% 1,556 31.75% 724 36.49% 832
Tyrrell 68.20% 549 31.80% 256 36.40% 293
Burke 67.76% 1,215 32.24% 578 35.53% 637
Transylvania 66.04% 459 33.96% 236 32.09% 223
Iredell 65.96% 2,407 34.04% 1,242 31.93% 1,165
Columbus 65.02% 1,431 34.98% 770 30.03% 661
Rowan 64.10% 2,189 35.90% 1,226 28.20% 963
Gates 64.01% 909 35.99% 511 28.03% 398
Lincoln 63.95% 1,130 36.05% 637 27.90% 493
McDowell 63.94% 963 36.06% 543 27.89% 420
Cabarrus 63.90% 1,641 36.10% 927 27.80% 714
Duplin 63.66% 2,195 36.34% 1,253 27.32% 942
Clay 63.13% 315 36.87% 184 26.25% 131
Buncombe 62.67% 1,991 37.33% 1,186 25.34% 805
Carteret 61.83% 1,150 38.17% 710 23.66% 440
Gaston 60.53% 1,250 39.47% 815 21.07% 435
Wilson 60.38% 1,771 39.62% 1,162 20.76% 609
Davidson 60.30% 1,782 39.70% 1,173 20.61% 609
Davie 59.61% 1,036 40.39% 702 19.22% 334
Orange 59.28% 2,428 40.72% 1,668 18.55% 760
Harnett 59.25% 1,070 40.75% 736 18.49% 334
Pamlico 59.22% 745 40.78% 513 18.44% 232
Rockingham 58.99% 2,155 41.01% 1,498 17.99% 657
Hyde 57.79% 898 42.21% 656 15.57% 242
Mitchell 57.24% 747 42.76% 558 14.48% 189
Surry 57.19% 1,352 42.81% 1,012 14.38% 340
Ashe 56.71% 1,077 43.29% 822 13.43% 255
Johnston 56.38% 2,174 43.62% 1,682 12.76% 492
Mecklenburg 56.33% 3,417 43.67% 2,649 12.66% 768
Dare 56.27% 305 43.73% 237 12.55% 68
Nash 56.12% 1,716 43.88% 1,342 12.23% 374
Cherokee 56.11% 680 43.89% 532 12.21% 148
Sampson 55.75% 2,100 44.25% 1,667 11.49% 433
Stokes 55.50% 1,222 44.50% 980 10.99% 242
Camden 55.13% 683 44.87% 556 10.25% 127
Person 55.05% 1,211 44.95% 989 10.09% 222
Robeson 54.90% 2,117 45.10% 1,739 9.80% 378
Anson 54.84% 1,599 45.16% 1,317 9.67% 282
Polk 54.40% 408 45.60% 342 8.80% 66
Guilford 54.25% 2,334 45.75% 1,968 8.51% 366
Martin 53.70% 1,334 46.30% 1,150 7.41% 184
Rutherford 53.52% 1,278 46.48% 1,110 7.04% 168
Chatham 53.38% 2,141 46.62% 1,870 6.76% 271
Moore 53.15% 1,365 46.85% 1,203 6.31% 162
Randolph 53.06% 1,775 46.94% 1,570 6.13% 205
Pitt 52.99% 2,136 47.01% 1,895 5.98% 241
Beaufort 52.76% 1,723 47.24% 1,543 5.51% 180
Madison 52.43% 895 47.57% 812 4.86% 83
Cumberland 51.23% 2,230 48.77% 2,123 2.46% 107
Wayne 51.07% 2,284 48.93% 2,188 2.15% 96
Henderson 50.94% 784 49.06% 755 1.88% 29
Bladen 50.13% 1,397 49.87% 1,390 0.25% 7
Forsyth 49.45% 1,496 50.55% 1,529 -1.09% -33
Granville 49.43% 2,047 50.57% 2,094 -1.13% -47
Franklin 49.38% 1,873 50.62% 1,920 -1.24% -47
Wake 49.28% 4,315 50.72% 4,441 -1.44% -126
Alamance 49.03% 1,391 50.97% 1,446 -1.94% -55
Brunswick 48.97% 1,002 51.03% 1,044 -2.05% -42
Hertford 48.55% 1,020 51.45% 1,081 -2.90% -61
Pender 48.35% 1,172 51.65% 1,252 -3.30% -80
Richmond 48.11% 1,350 51.89% 1,456 -3.78% -106
Wilkes 47.91% 1,384 52.09% 1,505 -4.19% -121
Caswell 47.78% 1,493 52.22% 1,632 -4.45% -139
Montgomery 46.32% 648 53.68% 751 -7.36% -103
Greene 45.64% 896 54.36% 1,067 -8.71% -171
Yadkin 45.45% 905 54.55% 1,086 -9.09% -181
Perquimans 44.92% 832 55.08% 1,020 -10.15% -188
Lenoir 44.63% 1,214 55.37% 1,506 -10.74% -292
Chowan 43.83% 629 56.17% 806 -12.33% -177
Jones 42.70% 597 57.30% 801 -14.59% -204
Pasquotank 40.96% 849 59.04% 1,224 -18.09% -375
Washington 40.78% 692 59.22% 1,005 -18.44% -313
Bertie 40.49% 1,126 59.51% 1,655 -19.02% -529
Northampton 39.39% 1,424 60.61% 2,191 -21.22% -767
New Hanover 35.31% 1,634 64.69% 2,994 -29.39% -1,360
Warren 34.67% 1,326 65.33% 2,499 -30.67% -1,173
Halifax 34.28% 1,683 65.72% 3,226 -31.43% -1,543
Craven 32.10% 1,289 67.90% 2,727 -35.81% -1,438
Edgecombe 30.07% 1,652 69.93% 3,841 -39.85% -2,189
Totals[a] 53.62% 125,427 46.38% 108,484 7.24% 16,943

Notes

  1. ^ No returns were canvassed for Graham County and voters in this county were presumably listed in neighbouring counties.

References

  1. ^ "1876 Presidential Election Results North Carolina turnout".
  2. ^ a b c "1876 Presidential Election Results North Carolina".
  3. ^ Menendez, Albert J.; The Geography of Presidential Elections in the United States, 1868-2004, pp. 265-271 ISBN 0786422173
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